Opinion

Reading Program Works

   Grant County is leading the way to raise the reading scores of New Mexico’s third grade students and create eager learners.     The latest...

District Must Be Funded

    We do not want a 2-mill levy tax to pass, giving the Espanola School District roughly $800,000 a year to spend on “maintenance.”...

Pat’s His Man

I urge you to support and vote for Pat Chavez for School Board. He has the experience and passion to be an extremely effective...

Murder Numbers Bleak

R. Braiden Trapp     We learned of Crystal Maestas’ death as Rio Grande SUN reporter Nathan Comp wrapped up a story on a review of...

Not Working Election

    I would like to make some clarifications to the story that was published in last week’s Rio Grande SUN.     I am amazed at...

Keep Going, Mayor

R. Braiden Trapp     Two in a row.     Mayor Alice Lucero has a little momentum with her hiring of Espanola Public Safety Director Eric Garcia....

Why Race Description?

 How come? In the Jan. 3, 2013 police blotter, an entry specifically identified the race of an individual. One of the strengths of this...

Lucero Center Needs Supervision

    I’m writing to hopefully get city officials to get serious about the way the recreation center is functioning.     I personally work out three...

Plug for Powell

   I’ve just watched a recording of the Jan. 13 interview with former secretary of state Colin Powell on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”     Regarding...

Tiregate Revisited

    In an unconvincing finger-pointing game of he said, she said, we may never know how or when tires of an undetermined number appeared...

Challenge Candidates

    New Mexico tops many “bad” national lists and anchors the bottom of “good” ones. Impotent politicians offer platitudes and rhetoric, while most of...

Doggone Waste

    “It’s a dog’s life,” routinely refers to how rough it is to be dog. It can’t be applied when it comes to drug...

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